Sleep When Your Brain Won't Stop: Using DBT's TIPP Skill for Physiological Calming and Mindfulness to Quiet a Racing Mind at Bedtime
Using DBT's TIPP Skill for Physiological Calming and Mindfulness to Quiet a Racing Mind at Bedtime
At 11:38 p.m., Mireya Sloane was tired enough to yawn through the last ten minutes of a television show. At 11:52, she brushed her teeth. Five minutes later, she turned out the light.
She remembered an unfinished budget file. Then she remembered that her father had a medical appointment on Thursday. Then came a sharper thought: If I do not sleep soon, tomorrow will be a disaster. She checked the clock. Twelve fourteen.
That small scene contains much of what makes sleep-onset insomnia so maddening. The person is tired. The opportunity for sleep is present. Yet the attempt to sleep becomes a source of activation.
What You Will Discover Inside Sleep When Your Brain Won't Stop
In Sleep When Your Brain Won't Stop, Anselm Weber writes a practical guide you can use this week. You will find scenes you recognize, steps you can try today, and language that does not insult the problem.
Chapter 1: The Midnight Marathon of the Mind: What the Midnight Marathon of the Mind looks like in ordinary days, and the first move that actually helps.
1.1 The Ubiquitous Problem of Sleep Onset Insomnia: Body-level tools that do not require you to feel ready first.
Chapter 2: Why Conventional Advice Often Fails: What why Conventional Advice Often Fails looks like in ordinary days, and the first move that actually helps.
2.1 "Just Don't Think About It": The Paradox of Thought Suppression: What 2.1 "Just Don't Think About It": The Paradox of Thought Suppression looks like in ordinary days, and the first move that actually helps.
Chapter 3: The Brain's Lullaby: An Introduction to Sleep Physiology: Body-level tools that do not require you to feel ready first.
3.1 The Stages of Sleep and Their Importance: Body-level tools that do not require you to feel ready first.